For Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.
Deuteronomy 4:24 · WEBRead the whole chapter →
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The same thread (this verse)2 Samuel 6:7
Good intentions do not make the holy safe: Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.
“Yahweh’s anger was kindled against Uzzah; and God struck him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.”
The Scripture echoes (this verse)Hebrews 12:28-29
Hebrews takes Sinai's warning as a present description: for Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, and our God is a consuming fire.
“Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.”